JP6486247B2 - Hinge cap - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a hinge cap that is attached to a mouth portion of a container body and has an upper lid that is connected to the cap body via a hinge portion, and in particular, the cap body and the upper lid can be easily released with one hand. The present invention relates to a hinge cap including an operation body that can be covered.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a cap used in a container, a hinge cap that is attached to a mouth portion of a container body and includes a cap body that includes a discharge port and an upper lid that includes a member that seals the discharge port via a hinge portion. It has been known.
When opening the upper lid, this type of hinge cap hangs a finger or the like on a finger rest provided at a position 180 ° (opposite side) with respect to the hinge portion of the upper lid, and pushes the upper lid upward. In order to open the lid by rotating more than °, it is usually necessary to do it with both hands.

For example, when using as a seasoning container, the hinge cap which can open an upper cover with one hand during cooking is calculated | required.
As a hinge cap capable of opening the upper cover with one hand, when the finger plate 21 attached to the tip of the operation rod 20 is pushed backward with respect to the cap body 1, the operation member 17 is rotated and the operation rod 20 is moved. A hinge cap is known in which the cover plate 8 is configured to open by elastic reversal around the three-point hinge mechanism 13 by pushing up the engaging slope 12a formed on the second peripheral wall 10 of the cover plate 8. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

No. 7-8439

However, the hinge cap described in Patent Document 1 has a problem that the lid plate 8 cannot be closed unless the operating rod 20 is returned to the original position when the lid is closed.
The hinge cap is provided with only one finger pad 21 attached to the operation rod 20, so that it may be opened with the right hand, but is difficult to use when the lid is opened with the left hand. there were.

  An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems. When opening the lid, the cap body and the upper lid can be unlocked by simply pressing the operating body in one direction with one hand. It is an object of the present invention to provide a hinge cap that can be closed simply by releasing the finger from the body and returning the operating body to its original position and pushing the upper lid.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a hinge cap including a cap body attached to a mouth portion of a container body as a hinge cap, and an upper lid connected to the cap body via the hinge portion. The upper lid includes a top wall and a side peripheral wall suspended from the peripheral edge of the top wall, and the cap body is provided on the inner side of the top surface with the mounting portion eccentric from the central axis of the cap body toward the hinge portion. In addition, an opening lever provided with an operating body on the outside is provided, and the opening lever is configured to lift the upper lid by abutting against the side peripheral wall of the upper lid while elastically deforming when the operating body is operated.

As a specific embodiment of the release lever, the release lever employs a configuration in which a pair of operating bodies are provided on both sides of the cap body.
Further, as a specific embodiment of the release lever and the upper lid, the release lever includes an elastic deformation portion provided between the mounting portion and the operation body, and a lever inclined portion provided in the vicinity of the operation body, The structure characterized by providing the notch taper formed in the lower end part of a surrounding wall and contact | abutting a lever inclination part is employ | adopted.
Furthermore, as another specific embodiment of the release lever, the release lever employs a configuration characterized in that an auxiliary elastic body is provided in the elastic deformation portion.
Further, as a specific embodiment of the hinge portion, a configuration is adopted in which the hinge portion is elastically inverted.

The hinge cap of the present invention adopts the above-described configuration, so that when opening the lid, the release lever is elastically deformed by simply pushing the operating lever of the release lever toward the hinge portion with one hand, and the engagement between the cap body and the upper lid is performed. The release lever that has been elastically deformed returns to its original shape by simply releasing your finger from the operating body, and the operating body returns to its original position. In addition, since the attachment portion of the release lever is eccentric from the center axis of the cap body toward the hinge portion, it is possible to rapidly increase the amount of pushing up the upper lid in the latter half of the operation of the release lever.
In addition, the hinge cap of the present invention is provided with a pair of operating bodies on both sides of the cap body, so that the upper lid can be easily opened as needed with either the right hand or the left hand.

Further, the hinge cap according to the present invention is provided with an auxiliary elastic body in the elastically deforming portion of the release lever, so that the contents generated when the impact generated when returning from the operation end position to the original state is attached to the discharge port are appropriately adjusted. Can be removed.
Moreover, the hinge cap of this invention can be opened to a full open position at once if an upper cover is pushed up to an inversion branch point because a hinge part elastically reverses.

It is a figure which shows the hinge cap of 1st Example of this invention, (a) is a top view which shows a cover open state, (b) is a half sectional view which shows a cover closed state. It is a figure which shows the state at the time of shaping | molding of the hinge cap of 1st Example of this invention, (a) is a top view, (b) is a longitudinal cross-sectional view. It is a figure which shows the open lever of 1st Example of this invention, (a) is a top view, (b) is a front view, (c) is a side view. It is a perspective view which abbreviate | omits a hinge part from the hinge cap of 1st Example of this invention, and shows an assembly state, (a) is the figure seen from the hinge part side, (b) was seen from the hinge part side. FIG. It is a figure which shows the process of opening the hinge cap of 1st Example of this invention, (a) is a top view at the time of closing, (b) is a side view at the time of closing, (c) is operation start It is a side view just after. It is a figure which shows the state which opens the hinge cap of 1st Example of this invention, (a) is a top view at the time of completion of lid opening, (b) is the side view. It is a figure which shows the hinge cap of 2nd Example of this invention, (a) is a top view which shows the non-operation state of a release lever, (b) is a top view which shows the operation state of a release lever.

  Next, an embodiment in which the hinge cap of the present invention is embodied as a cap of a dispensing container that uses the contents made of granular or powdered solids will be described with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, A is a container main body, B is a cap main body attached to the container main body A, C is an upper lid connected to the cap main body B via a hinge part D, E is an opening lever attached to the cap main body B, F is a seal that seals the mouth of the container body A.
The container body A is a container having a mouth portion 1, and a male screw 2 is formed on the outer periphery of the mouth portion 1.

As shown in FIG. 2, the cap main body B has a female screw 5 formed on the inner periphery of the cylindrical portion 4 as the mounting portion 3, and the female screw 5 is screwed with the male screw 2 on the outer periphery of the mouth portion 1. Thus, the cap body B is attached to the mouth 1 of the container body A (see FIG. 1).
The cylindrical part 4 has an upper wall 6 extending inwardly from the upper end to seal the opening of the mouth part 1 of the container main body A, and an upper lid C is attached to the connecting part between the cylindrical part 4 and the upper wall 6. A stepped portion 7 is formed to abut when the lid is closed.

The upper wall 6 is provided with a support column 8 for attaching an opening lever E described later at a position eccentric to the hinge portion D side on a radial center line XX passing through the center of the hinge portion D.
Further, on the upper wall 6, a protruding protrusion 10 bulges toward the opposite side of the hinge part D so as to be symmetrical with respect to the center line XX in plan view.
The protruding protrusion 10 has a plateau shape from a top surface 11 that gently rises in the center and a side surface 12 that surrounds the top surface 11, and a rear surface 12 a that faces the column 8 on the side surface 12 is a partial cylinder concentrically with the column 8 It has a shape.

The top surface 11 is provided with a plurality (five in this embodiment) of dispensing holes 13, and the dispensing holes 13 function as discharge ports for discharging the contents in the container main body A.
Furthermore, a fitting hole 14 for fitting a fitting boss 19 of an upper lid C, which will be described later, is formed in the top surface 11 near the hinge part D on the center line XX, and holds a closed state. Yes.

As shown in FIG. 2, the upper lid C includes a flat disk-shaped top wall 16 and a side peripheral wall 17 suspended from the periphery thereof, and a lower end portion 17a of the side peripheral wall 17 is hinged at a predetermined position. Via the part D, it connects with the outer peripheral upper end of the cylinder part 4 of the cap main body B so that rotation is possible.
A plurality of plugs 18 are provided vertically on the back surface of the top wall 16, and are inserted into and inserted into the plurality of outlet holes 13 of the cap body B when the lid is closed to prevent the contents from leaking out. The clogging of the holes 13 is prevented.

Furthermore, a fitting boss 19 for holding the cap body B and the upper lid C in a locked state is suspended from the back surface of the top wall 16, and the cross-sectional shape of the fitting boss 19 is slightly thick at the tip. Thus, when the fitting boss 19 is fitted into the fitting hole 14 of the cap body B, the once fitted fitting boss 19 can be easily held.
Note that the mechanism for maintaining the locked state between the cap body B and the upper lid C of the hinge cap is not limited to the fitting boss 19 and the fitting hole 14, and any structure may be used.

The side peripheral wall 17 is formed with a substantially rectangular notch 20 from the lower end 17a at a symmetrical position with respect to the center line XX, and an inclined notch taper 20a is formed on the hinge part D side of the notch 20. Is formed.
The lower end portion 17 a of the side peripheral wall 17 comes into contact with the stepped portion 7 of the cap body B when the upper lid C is closed.

As the hinge portion D, when the upper lid C is pushed up to the reversal branch point (for example, about 80 °), it is elastically reversed to open at a full open position of about 140 ° at a stretch as shown in FIG. A reversible hinge is used.
In the present embodiment, the hinge part D that can be elastically reversed is used, but the hinge part D is not limited to a configuration that can be elastically reversed.
In the present embodiment, the hinge portion D is formed integrally with the cap body B and the upper lid C, but may be formed separately from the cap body B and the upper lid C.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the hinge cap is opened, the release lever E opens the locking state between the upper lid C and the cap body B and pushes up the upper lid C. The release lever E is a separate member from the cap body B. It is configured as.
The release lever E is attached to a support column 8 provided on the upper surface of the cap body B, and an attachment cylinder 22 as an attachment part formed at the center, and an elastic deformation part formed narrowly on both sides from the attachment cylinder 22. A pair of arm portions 24 that extend through an elastic bending portion 23 as a base, and a finger hook portion 25 as an operating body that hangs down from an outer end portion of the arm portion 24.

The elastic bent portion 23 applies a force to the finger-hanging portion 25 and elastically deforms when the arm portion 24 is bent with the mounting cylinder 22 as a fulcrum, and returns to its original shape when the force is released.
In this embodiment, only the elastic bending portion 23 is elastically deformed in the release lever E. However, when a force is applied to the finger hanging portion 25, the entire arm portion 24 is elastically deformed with the mounting tube 22 as a fulcrum. It may be formed so as to.
One side surface of the arm portion 24 is formed in a straight line, while the other side surface is formed in a shape that matches the side surface 12 that continues from the rear surface 12 a of the swinging projection 10.
In the vicinity of the connecting portion between the arm portion 24 and the finger hooking portion 25, a lever inclination is provided on the side facing the hinge portion D when the release lever E is attached to the cap body A so as to contact the notch taper 20a. A portion 26 is formed.

Next, usage modes and effects of the present embodiment will be described.
The hinge cap of the present embodiment is manufactured integrally by injection molding in the state shown in FIG.
The manufactured hinge cap proceeds to an assembly process in which a separately manufactured release lever E is attached to the cap body B, and the side surface of the arm portion 24 of the release lever E is placed on the protruding protrusion 10 of the cap body B as shown in FIG. The mounting of the release lever E is completed by fitting the mounting cylinder 22 into the support column 8 while matching the side surface 12 of FIG.
In this embodiment, the release lever E is in sliding contact with the lower surface of the mounting cylinder 22 and the upper surface of the upper wall 6 and the lower surface of the outer end portion of the arm portion 24 and the upper surface of the step portion 7. A slight gap is provided between the lower surface and the upper surface of the upper wall 6 so that the contents of the powder or the like are not caught and the movement of the release lever E is not hindered.
For this reason, it is particularly effective when the content is a seasoning such as salt or pepper or a fine powder such as flour.

As shown in FIG. 1 (b), after the seal F is pasted on the mouth 1 of the container body A filled with the contents to form a sealed state, the upper cover C is closed with respect to the cap body B. The hinge cap mounting portion 3 is screwed into the mouth portion 1 for mounting.
In this embodiment, the mounting portion 3 is screwed by forming the male screw 2 on the outer periphery of the mouth portion 1 of the container body A and forming the female screw 5 on the inner periphery of the cylindrical portion 4. When the seal F is not required, the mouth portion 1 of the container main body A may be sandwiched by a mounting portion composed of the outer periphery of the inner cylinder, the inner periphery of the outer cylinder, and the base wall.

In order to use the container to which the hinge cap of this embodiment is attached for the first time, from the state shown in FIG. 1 (b), the hinge cap is rotated and once removed from the mouth 1 of the container body A, and the seal F is removed. After removal, the hinge cap is screwed into the mouth 1 again.
To open the hinge cap, from the state shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, hold the container body A with one hand and hang a finger on one of the pair of finger hooks 25 of the release lever E. When it is pushed in the direction of the hinge part D, as shown in FIG. 6 (a), only the elastic bent part 23 on the side where the finger is hung is bent and deformed, and the other side is not bent and deformed. ), The one lever inclined portion 26 of the release lever E pushes up the upper lid C while slidingly contacting the lower end portion 17a from one notch taper 20a, and releases the locked state between the cap body B and the upper lid C. When the hinge portion D spreads and exceeds the inversion branch point, the upper lid C is stably held and the lid is opened as shown in FIG.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, the attachment cylinder 22 of the release lever E is eccentrically attached to the hinge part D side from the central axis of the cap body B. Can be increased rapidly.

After the cover is opened, when the finger is released from the finger hooking portion 25, the release lever E returns to the original state by the elastic force of the elastic bending portion 23, and the finger hooking portion 25 is shown in FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b). Return to the position shown in.
Thus, in this embodiment, manual operation for returning the release lever E to the original position after opening is not required.
And if the container main body A is shaken upside down as it is, the contents can be shaken out from the swing-out hole 13.

Next, after the use of the container main body A is finished, when the upper lid C is closed, the plug 18 and the fitting boss 19 of the upper lid C are fitted into the outlet hole 13 and the fitting hole 14 of the swinging projection 10, and the upper lid C Holds the locked state with the cap body B.
At the same time, since the release lever E is automatically returned to its original position, when the lid is closed, the cutout portion 20 of the side peripheral wall 17 is formed in the upper half of the finger-hanging portion 25 as shown in FIG. Positioned to match the part.

Next, a second embodiment in which the release lever of the first embodiment is changed will be described.
In the following, the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and differences will be mainly described.
In FIG. 7, B is a cap body, C is an upper lid connected to the cap body B via a hinge portion D, and Ea is an opening lever attached to the cap body B.

The upper lid C includes a flat disk-shaped top wall 16 and a side peripheral wall 17 suspended from the periphery thereof, and a lower end portion 17a of the side peripheral wall 17 is located at a predetermined position via a hinge portion D in the cap body. The upper end of the outer periphery of the B cylinder 4 is rotatably connected.
The side peripheral wall 17 is formed with a substantially rectangular notch 20 from the lower end 17a at a position symmetrical with respect to the center line XX (see FIG. 2), and the notch 20 is inclined toward the hinge part D side. A notch taper 20a is formed.
As the hinge part D, when the upper lid C is pushed up to an inversion branching point (for example, about 80 °), a hinge that is elastically inverted and holds the open state as shown in FIG. Similar to the first embodiment, the hinge portion D is not limited to a configuration capable of elastic reversal.

The release lever Ea is attached to a support column 8 provided inside the upper surface of the cap body B, and an attachment cylinder 22 as an attachment part formed at the center, and an elastic deformation part formed narrowly on both sides from the attachment cylinder 22 A pair of arm portions 24 that extend through an elastic bending portion 23 as a base, and a finger hook portion 25 as an operating body that hangs down from an outer end portion of the arm portion 24.
The elastic bending portion 23 applies a force to the finger-hanging portion 25 and elastically deforms when the arm portion 24 is bent with the mounting cylinder 22 as a fulcrum, and returns to its original state when the force is released.

In this embodiment, a substantially M-shaped auxiliary spring 27 as an auxiliary elastic body is integrally formed on the elastic bending portion 23 side of the arm portion 24 across the pair of elastic bending portions 23. In the case where the entire arm portion 24 is formed to be elastically deformed when a force is applied to the finger hanging portion 25, it can be provided so as to straddle the entire deformed portion.
The auxiliary spring 27 is not limited to a substantially M shape, and may have any shape as long as it can assist the elastically bent elastic part 23 to return to its original state. It may be formed separately.
In the vicinity of the connection portion between the arm portion 24 and the finger hook portion 25, a lever slope is provided on the side facing the hinge portion D when the release lever Ea is attached to the cap body B so as to contact the notch taper 20a. A portion 26 is formed.

Next, usage modes and effects of the present embodiment will be described.
As shown in FIG. 7A, the hinge cap of the present embodiment is configured so that the mounting cylinder 22 is attached to the column 8 while aligning the side surface of the arm portion 24 of the release lever Ea with the side surface 12 of the swing projection 10 of the cap body B. To complete the attachment of the release lever Ea.
To open the hinge cap of the present embodiment, hold the container with the upper lid C closed with one hand and hang a finger on one of the pair of finger hooks 25 of the release lever Ea to open the hinge part. When pushed in the direction D (see FIG. 5), as shown in FIG. 7 (b), only the elastic bent portion 23 on the side where the finger is hung is bent and deformed, and the other side is not bent and deformed. One lever inclined portion 26 of Ea pushes up the upper lid C while slidingly contacting the lower end portion 17a from one notch taper 20a, releases the locked state between the cap body B and the upper lid C, and the hinge portion D spreads and reverses. When the branch point is exceeded, the lid is opened at once to the fully opened position, and the upper lid C is stably held and the lid is opened.

In this embodiment, the auxiliary spring 27 is provided across the pair of elastic bent portions 23 of the release lever Ea, so that from the operation end position of the finger hook portion 25 shown in FIG. 7B to before the operation shown in FIG. When returning to the position, the contents attached to the swing-out hole 13 of the cap body B can be appropriately shaken off by an impact generated by an increase in the return speed.
In addition, the pair of elastic bent portions 23 of the release lever Ea are thin and easily twisted. However, by providing the auxiliary spring 27 across the pair of elastic bent portions 23, the release lever Ea can be moved horizontally. Can be ensured, and twisting of the elastic bent portion 23 can be prevented.

  The hinge cap of the present invention comprises an opening lever in which the cap body is provided with a mounting portion on the inner side of the cap body and an operating body is provided on the outer side. By lifting the upper lid, the upper lid can be lifted up simply by pushing the operating body of the release lever toward the hinge with one hand to release the locked state between the cap body and the upper lid. Since the operating body returns to the original state simply by removing the finger from the operating body, it can be closed simply by pressing the upper lid. In addition, the contents are not limited to granular and powdery foods, but can be applied to liquid foods, and in particular, as a container for storing seasonings that need to be opened with one hand during cooking. Is preferred.

A Container body B Cap body C Upper lid D Hinge part E, Ea Release lever F Seal 1 Mouth part 2 Male screw 3 Mounting part 4 Cylinder part 5 Female screw 6 Upper wall 7 Step part 8 Column 10 Projection protrusion 11 Top surface 12 Side surface 12a Rear surface 13 Swing hole 14 Fitting hole 16 Top wall 17 Side peripheral wall 17a Lower end 18 Insert plug 19 Fitting boss 20 Notch 20a Notch taper 22 Mounting cylinder 23 Elastic bending part 24 Arm part 25 Finger hook part 26 Lever inclined part 27 Auxiliary spring

Claims (5)

A hinge cap comprising a cap body attached to the mouth of the container body, and an upper lid connected to the cap body via a hinge part,
The upper lid includes a top wall and a side wall suspended from the peripheral edge of the top wall,
The cap body is provided with an opening lever provided with an attaching portion eccentrically provided on the upper surface inside from the central axis of the cap body toward the hinge portion and provided with an operating body on the outside
A hinge cap characterized in that the release lever lifts the upper lid by abutting against the side wall of the upper lid while elastically deforming when the operating body is operated.   The hinge cap according to claim 1, wherein the release lever is provided with a pair of operating bodies on both sides of the cap body. The release lever includes an elastic deformation portion provided between the attachment portion and the operation body, and a lever inclined portion provided in the vicinity of the operation body,
The hinge cap according to claim 1 , wherein the upper lid includes a notch taper formed at a lower end portion of the side peripheral wall and abutting against the lever inclined portion . The hinge lever according to claim 3, wherein the release lever is provided with an auxiliary elastic body in the elastic deformation portion . Hinge, the hinge cap according to claim 1, characterized in that the elastically reversed.

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